Figures of Speech Group 3 Alicia, Cameron, Drew, & Ruslan

A change in the standard or usual syntax of words to create special effects. Such as: Apostrophe Rhetorical Question Anaphora Antithesis Chiasmus Figures of Speech (Schemes)

An address to a dead or absent person or to an inanimate object or abstract concept “Thou wall, O wall, O sweet and lovely wall, Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne” A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare Apostrophe

figure of speech in which words or phrases that are parallel in order and syntax but express opposite or contrasting meanings Example: “Setting foot on the moon may be a small step for a man but a giant step for mankind.” Antithesis

-The intentional repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines, stanzas, sentences or paragraphs. o Example: Old and New Testament: series of Beatitudes from Jesus’s Sermon on the mount. Anaphora

figure of speech were successive phrases or clauses that are parallel in syntax but reverse in order of the analogous word Example: "You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget." Chiasmus

A figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point. The question, a rhetorical device, is posed not to elicit a specific answer, but rather to encourage the listener to consider a message or viewpoint. Examples: Is the Pope Catholic? Is the sun hot? Is he a beautiful Arabian?